DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

m.s, BUREAU OF THE CENSUS 

SAM. L. ROGERS, Director 


THE CENSUS OF 
THE DEAF AND DUMB 


1910 



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WASHINGTON 

GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
1915 














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LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 


Sir: 


DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE, 

Bureau of the Census, 
Washington, D. C., August 10, 1915. 


I transmit herewith a pre limi nary bulletin relating to the census of the deaf and dumb in the United 
States in 1910, comprising a brief text statement in regard to the method of obtaining the data and the basis 
of tabulation, together with certain tables showing the geographic distribution and presenting in summary 
form the classification according to sex, race, nativity, age, marital condition, and age when hearing was lost 
of the deaf and dumb population returning the special schedule of inquiry mailed to each person enumerated 
as deaf and dumb. A special report on the deaf and dumb, containing a detailed tabidation of the data on 
the special schedule together with a text discussion, will be issued later. 

This bulletin was prepared in the division of revision and results by Mr. Reginald L. Brown, under the 
supervision of Dr. Joseph A. Hill, expert special agent in charge of that division. 

Respectfully, 






To Hon. William C. Redfield, 

Secretary of Commerce. 


( 2 ) 


Director of the Census. 


0, OF D, 

SEP 20 |S!5 



THE CENSUS OF THE DEAF AND DUMB: 1910. 


The law providing for the Thirteenth Decennial 
Census (1910) required an enumeration of the deaf 
and dumb in connection with the general population 
census. This enumeration was made by means of a 
column on the general population schedule headed 
“Whether deaf and dumb,” in which the population 
enumerators were required to make the entry “DD” 
whenever the person enumerated was suffering from 
the defects referred to, the instructions on this point 
being as follows: 

Column 32. Whether deaf and dumb .—If a person is both deaf and 
dumb, write “ DD. ” For all other persons leave the column blank. 
Persons who are deaf but not dumb, or persons who are dumb but not 
deaf, are not to be reported. 

Under these instructions a total of 44,519 persons 
were reported by the enumerators as being deaf and 
dumb; in addition, 189 persons not entered as deaf and 
dumb on the population schedules were subsequently 
reported to the office, either by themselves or by other 
interested persons, as suffering from the defects stated, 
making the total number reported as deaf and dumb 
44,708. To each of these persons a special schedule 
of inquiry was sent by mail, asking for data on a 
number of subjects concerning which it was felt that 
information would be of interest in connection with a 
statistical study regarding deaf-mutism, the intention 
being to issue a special report giving figures in con¬ 
siderable detail for this class of the population. 

Of the total number of persons reported as deaf and 
dumb, however, less than one-half returned satisfac¬ 
tory schedules; the others either failed to receive the 
schedule, or receiving it failed to return it, or returning 
it either stated explicitly that they were not deaf or 
upon examination of the schedule were excluded as 
outside the scope of the inquiry. In view of this 
situation it was at first planned, therefore, to issue 
the report in two parts, one comprising a tabula¬ 
tion of the principal data on the population schedule 
(that is, sex, race, nativity, age, marital condition, 
and occupation) for the total population reported as 
deaf and dumb, and the other a tabulation of the infor¬ 
mation obtained on the special schedule. A careful 
study of the returns, however, revealed the fact (a) 
that there was apparently a considerable degree of 
uncertainty on the part of the enumerators as to 
whether deaf-mutes who had learned to articulate 
should be reported, some enumerators reporting only 
mutes who did not articulate, and others all deaf- 
mutes properly so called; and ( b ) that a large number 
of persons had been improperly returned as deaf and 
dumb by the enumerators. It was thus impossible to 

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say just what the total represented; on the one hand it 
fell considerably short, in all probability, of including all 
deaf-mutes, and on the other hand it included many who 
were not deaf-mutes at all. For this reason it was finally 
considered inadvisable to make any tabulation covering 
the total population returned as deaf and dumb, and 
it was decided to confine the statistics to the popu¬ 
lation returning the special schedules, which contained 
data from which it might be determined whether the 
person making out the schedule was properly classi¬ 
fiable as deaf and dumb. 

In making the tabulation for the report as finally 
planned, it was decided to include not merely the deaf 
and dumb in the most literal sense of the term, but 
also all deaf-mutes properly so called (that is, those 
persons who by reason of defective hearing had either 
never acquired the faculty of articulate speech or 
required special training in order to acquire it). This 
was done partly because it was felt that a tabulation 
on this basis would comply more effectively with the 
spirit of the law and partly because a limitation of the 
statistics to those literally unable either to hear or to 
speak would have made the number so small as to 
render the resultant figures of little significance. In 
carrying out this decision, it of course became neces¬ 
sary to lay down certain definite rules indicating 
clearly just what defects brought a person within the 
scope of the tabulation. Under these rules, the tabu¬ 
lation covered the following classes of persons: (1) 
All totally deaf persons who had never acquired the 
power of speech or having acquired it had lost it 
either wholly or to such an extent that it no longer 
constituted an effective means of communication, this 
class constituting the “deaf and dumb” in the most 
literal sense of the term; (2) all other totally deaf 
persons who had lost their hearing before the com¬ 
pletion of their eighth year of life, even if they were 
able to employ speech as a means of communication; 
and (3) all partially deaf persons who could hear only 
with the aid of an ear trumpet or other mechanical 
appliance and whose deafness had supervened before 
the completion of their eighth year of life. The reason 
for fixing a limit with regard to the age when hearing 
was lost in the case of the two latter classes was that 
after the completion of the eighth year of life the pre¬ 
sumption is that a child has fully acquired the faculty 
of articulate speech, so that the problem, when he 
becomes deaf, is merely that of keeping him from 
losing what he already has; it may further be noted 
that in adopting this limit the Bureau of the Census 
is in practical accordance with the Imperial Health 

( 3 ) 






4 


THE CENSUS OF THE DEAF AND DUMB. 


Office of Germany, where more appears to have been 
done in the direction of developing scientific statistics 
of deaf-mutism than in any other country. 

The total number of schedules tabulated on the 
basis above set forth was 19,154. The tabulation 
covers the following topics: Race, nativity, and sex; 
age; marital condition; age when hearing was lost; 
deafness among relatives; schooling; means of com¬ 
munication; occupation; and earnings. The tables 
are now being made up and the report will be issued 


within a few months. In the meantime it has been 
decided to publish certain of the completed tables, 
giving in summary form the classification according to 
sex, age, race, nativity, marital condition, and age 
when hearing was lost. 

Table 1 distributes the population returning the 
special schedules by divisions and states, in compari¬ 
son with the total population reported as deaf and 
dumb, giving the percentage which the former repre¬ 
sents of the latter. 


Table 1 .— POPULATION REPORTED AS DEAF AND DUMB, WITH NUMBER AND PERCENTAGE RETURNING SATIS¬ 
FACTORY SCHEDULES, BY DIVISIONS AND STATES: 1910. 


DIVISION AND STATE. 


United States... 

Geographic divisions: 

New England. 

Middle Atlantic. 

East North Central.. 
West North Central. 

South Atlantic. 

East South Central.. 
West South Central. 

Mountain. 

Pacific. 

New England: 

Maine. 

New Hampshire.... 

Vermont. 

Massachusetts. 

Rhode Island. 

Connecticut. 

Middle Atlantic: 

New York. 

New Jersey. 

Pennsylvania. 

East North Central: 

Ohio. 

Indiana. 

Illinois. 

Michigan. 

Wisconsin. 

West North Central: 

Minnesota. 

Iowa. 

Missouri. 

North Dakota. 

South Dakota. 

Nebraska. 

Kansas. 


POPULA 

DEAF 

Total. 

TION REPORTED A3 

AND dumb: 1910. 

Returning satisfac¬ 
tory schedules. 

DIVISION AND STATE. 

Number. 

Per cent 
of total. 

44,708 

19,154 

42.8 

South Atlantic: 








Maryland. 

2,373 

1,187 

50.0 

District of Columbia. 

8,823 

4,133 

46.8 

Virginia. 

9,810 

4,330 

44.1 

West Virginia. 

6,211 

2,767 

44.5 

North Carolina. 

6,260 

2,326 

37.2 

South Carolina. 

4,458 

1,865 

41.8 

Georgia. 

4,298 

1,613 

37.5 

Florida. 

1,027 

352 

34.3 


1,448 

581 

40.1 

East South Central: 








Tennessee. 

352 

166 

47.2 

Alabama. 

202 

99 

49.0 

Mississippi. 

128 

62 

48.4 


1,131 

566 

50.0 

West South Central: 

215 

113 

52.6 

Arkansas. 

345 

181 

52.5 

Louisiana. 




Oklahoma. 




Texas. 

4,861 

2,348 

48.3 


700 

324 

46.3 

Mountain: 

3,262 

1,461 

44.8 

Montana. 




Idaho. 

2,675 

1,154 

43.1 

Wyoming. 

Colorado. 

1,734 

634 

36.6 

New Mexico. 

2,725 

1,310 

48.1 

Arizona. 

1,374 

660 

48.0 

Utah. 

1,302 

572 

43.9 

Nevada. 




Pacific: 

1,113 

499 

44.8 

W'ashington. 

995 

436 

43.8 

Oregon. 

1,884 

872 

46.3 

California. 

251 

101 

40.2 


331 

109 

32.9 


674 

280 

41.5 


963 

470 

48.8 



population reported as 

DEAF AND DUMB: 1910. 


Returning satisfac¬ 
tory schedules. 


Total. 


Number. 


Per cent 
of total. 


60 

774 

118 

1,157 

739 

1,458 

744 

989 

221 


19 

388 

56 

376 

304 

504 

245 

348 

86 


31.7 

50.1 

47.5 

32.5 

41.1 

34.6 

32.9 

35.2 

38.9 


1,612 

1,265 

826 

755 


664 

588 

317 

296 


41.2 
46.5 
38.4 

39.2 


747 

795 

847 

1,909 


336 

254 

304 

719 


45.0 

31.9 

35.9 
37.7 


120 

118 

25 

260 

192 

53 

236 

23 


48 

41 

14 

109 

59 

16 

58 

7 


40.0 

34.7 
56.0 
41.9 

30.7 
30.2 
24.6 
30.4 


378 

255 

815 


152 

130 

299 


40.2 

51.0 

36.7 


Table 2 shows, for each division and state, the classi¬ 
fication according to race, nativity, and sex of the 
deaf and dumb population for whom special schedules 
were returned. 

Table 3 shows, for the United States as a whole, the 
age distribution of the deaf and dumb population for 
whom special schedules were returned, classified ac¬ 
cording to race, nativity, and sex. 

Table 4 shows, for the United States as a whole, the 
distribution according to marital condition of the 
male and female deaf and dumb population for whom 


special schedules were returned, classified according 
to race and nativity, and Table 5 shows a similar 
distribution of the male and female deaf and dumb 
population 15 years of age or over for whom special 
schedules were returned, classified according to age at 
enumeration. 

Table 6 shows, for the United States as a whole, the 
distribution according to age when hearing was lost 
of the deaf and dumb population for whom special 
schedules were returned, grouped broadly according 
to age at enumeration. 




















































































RACE, NATIVITY, AND SEX. 


5 


Table 2.—DEAF AND DUMB POPULATION FOR WHOM SPECIAL SCHEDULES WERE RETURNED, CLASSIFIED 
ACCORDING TO RACE, NATIVITY, AND SEX, BY DIVISIONS AND STATES: 1910. 


DEAF AND DUMB POPULATION FOR WHOM SPECIAL SCHEDULES WERE RETURNED.* 1910. 


DIVISION AND STATE. 


United States.... 

Geographic divisions: 

New England. 

Middle Atlantic. 

East North Central.. 
West North Central.. 

South Atlantic. 

East South Central.. 
West South Central.. 

Mountain. 

Pacific. 


New England: 

Maine. 

New Hampshire 

Vermont. 

Massachusetts... 
Rhode Island... 
Connecticut. 


Middle Atlantic: 

New York. 

New Jersey 
Pennsylvania.. 


East North Central: 

Ohio. 

Indiana. 

Illinois. 

Michigan. 

Wisconsin. 


West North Central: 

Minnesota. 

Iowa. 

Missouri. 

North Dakota. 

South Dakota. 

Nebraska. 

Kansas. 


South Atlantic: 

Delaware. 

Maryland. 

District of Columbia. 

Virginia. 

West Virginia. 

North Carolina. 

South Carolina. 

Georgia. 

Florida. 


East South Central: 

Kentucky. 

Tennessee. 

Alabama. 

Mississippi. 


West South Central: 

Arkansas. 

Louisiana. 

Oklahoma. 

Texas. 


Mountain: 

Montana.... 

Idaho. 

Wyoming... 
Colorado.... 
New Mexico 

Arizona. 

Utah. 

Nevada. 


Pacific: 

Washington. 

Oregon. 

California... 


All classes. 


Both 

sexes. 


19,154 


1,187 

4,133 

4,330 

2,767 

2,326 

1,865 

1,613 

352 

581 


166 

99 

62 

566 

113 

181 


2,348 

324 

1,461 


1,154 

634 

1,310 

660 

572 


499 

436 

872 

101 

109 

280 

470 


19 

388 

56 

376 

304 

504 

245 

348 

86 


664 

588 

317 

296 


336 

254 

304 

719 


48 

41 

14 

109 

59 

16 

58 

7 


152 

130 

299 


Male. 


10,504 


654 

2,329 

2,362 

1,532 

1,257 

1,004 

849 

203 

314 


95 

53 

40 

306 

58 

102 


1,346 

188 

795 


601 

351 

720 

358 

332 


273 

249 

478 

54 

59 

155 

264 


10 

209 

31 

205 

162 

278 

129 

185 

48 


350 

315 

172 

167 


168 

143 

166 

372 


87 

66 

161 


Fe¬ 

male. 


8,650 


533 

1,804 

1,968 

1,235 

1,069 

861 

764 

149 

267 


71 

46 

22 

260 

55 

79 


1,002 

136 

666 


553 

283 

590 

302 

240 


226 

187 

394 

47 

50 

125 

206 


9 

179 

25 

171 

142 

226 

116 

163 

38 


314 

273 

145 

129 


168 

111 

138 

347 


65 

64 

138 


White. 


Total. 

Native. 

Foreign-born. 

Total. 

Both 

sexes. 

Male. 

Fe¬ 

male. 

Both 

sexes. 

Male. 

Fe¬ 

male. 

Both 

sexes. 

Male. 

Fe¬ 

male. 

Both 

sexes. 

Male. 

Fe¬ 

male. 

18,017 

9,885 

8,132 

16,179 

8,852 

7,327 

1,838 

1,033 

805 

1,137 

619 

518 

1,176 

650 

526 

940 

516 

424 

236 

134 

102 

11 

4 

7 

4,074 

2,294 

1,780 

3,422 

1,924 

1,498 

652 

370 

282 

59 

35 

24 

4,277 

2,336 

1,941 

3,756 

2,045 

1,711 

521 

291 

230 

53 

26 

27 

2,6,88 

1,489 

1,199 

2,417 

1,348 

1,069 

271 

141 

130 

79 

43 

36 

1,871 

1,010 

861 

1,848 

993 

855 

23 

17 

6 

455 

247 

208 

1,581 

844 

737 

1,570 

836 

734 

11 

8 

3 

284 

160 

124 

1,437 

755 

682 

1,403 

734 

669 

34 

21 

13 

176 

94 

82 

339 

196 

143 

309 

176 

133 

30 

20 

10 

13 

7 

6 

574 

311 

263 

514 

280 

234 

60 

31 

29 

7 

3 

4 

166 

95 

71 

142 

80 

62 

24 

15 

9 




99 

53 

46 

80 

44 

36 

19 

9 

10 




62 

40 

22 

47 

29 

18 

15 

11 

4 




561 

304 

257 

430 

228 

202 

131 

76 

55 

5 

2 

3 

107 

56 

51 

89 

48 

41 

18 

8 

10 

6 

2 

4 

181 

102 

79 

152 

87 

65 

29 

15 

14 




2,320 

1,331 

989 

1,852 

1,067 

785, 

468 

264 

204 

28 

15 

13 

318 

185 

133 

272 

161 

111 

46 

24 

22 

6 

3 

3 

1,436 

778 

658 

1,298 

696 

602 

138 

82 

56 

25 

17 

8 

1,138 

595 

543 

1,061 

559 

s 

502 

77 

36 

41 

16 

6 

10 

624 

346 

278 

602 

331 

271 

22 

15 

7 

10 

5 

5 

1,292 

708 

5,84 

1,128 

616 

512 

164 

92 

72 

18 

12 

6 

654 

355 

299 

543 

294 

249 

111 

61 

50 

6 

3 

3 

569 

332 

237 

422 

245 

177 

147 

87 

60 

3 


3 

495 

272 

223 

398 

220 

178 

97 

52 

* 

45 

4 

1 

3 

435 

248 

187 

396 

229 

167 

39 

19 

20 

1 

1 


831 

455 

376 

797' 

440 

357 

34 

15 

19 

41 

23 

18 

98 

53 

45 

77 

44 

33 

21 

9 

12 

3 

1 

2 

95 

50 

45 

76 

40 

36 

19 

10 

9 

14 

9 

5 

280 

155 

125 

248 

136 

112 

32 

19 

13 




454 

256 

198 

425 

239 

186 

29 

17 

12 

16 

8 

8 

17 

10 

7 

17 

10 

7 




2 


2 

316 

169 

147 

304 

160 

144 

12 

9 

3 

72 

40 

32 

39 

23 

16 

34 

20 

14 

5 

3 

2 

17 

8 

9 

293 

160 

133 

292 

159 

133 

1 

1 


83 

45 

38 

297 

158 

139 

295 

156 

139 

2 

2 


7 

4 

3 

411 

232 

179 

410 

231 

179 

1 

1 


93 

46 

47 

161 

79 

82 

160 

78 

82 

1 

1 


84 

50 

34 

267 

143 

124 

266 

143 

123 

1 


1 

81 

42 

39 

70 

36 

34 

70 

36 

34 




16 

12 

4 

622 

325 

297 

614 

319 

295 

8 

6 

2 

42 

25 

17 

517 

274 

243 

514 

272 

242 

3 

2 

1 

71 

41 

30 

243 

134 

109 

243 

134 

109 




74 

38 

36 

199 

111 

88 

199 

111 

88 




97 

56 

41 

299 

148 

151 

297 

147 

150 

2 

1 

1 

37 

20 

17 

212 

117 

95 

209 

115 

94 

3 

2 

1 

42 

26 

16 

281 

151 

130 

273 

147 

126 

8 

4 

4 

23 

15 

8 

645 

339 

306 

624 

325 

299 

21 

14 

7 

74 

33 

41 

45 

24 

21 

39 

19 

20 

6 

5 

1 

3 

1 

2 

40 

21 

19 

34 

17 

17 

6 

4 

2 

1 

1 


14 

7 

7 

12 

6 

6 

2 

1 

1 




106 

66 

40 

100 

62 

38 

6 

4 

2 

3 

2 

1 


34 

20 

54 

34 

20 




5 

2 

3 

1 ^ 

Q 

A 

14 

9 

5 

1 


1 

1 

1 


58 

31 

27 

49 

25 

24 

9 

6 

3 




7 

A 

o 

7 

4 

3 







149 

85 

64 

137 

78 

59 

12 

7 

5 

3 

2 

1 

129 

66 

63 

110 

57 

53 

19 

9 

10 

1 


1 

296 

160 

136 

267 

145 

122 

29 

15 

14 

3 

1 

2 


Colored. 


Negro. 


Both 

sexes. 


1,069 


10 

55 

47 

57 

453 

284 

158 

4 

1 


Male. 


584 


15 


4 

34 

23 

33 

245 

160 

82 

3 


Fe¬ 

male. 


485 


6 

21 

24 

24 

208 

124 

76 

1 

1 


17 


Other colored. 


Both 


68 


18 


Male. 


35 


12 


Fe¬ 

male. 


33 















































































































































































































































6 


THE CENSUS OF THE DEAF AND DUMB 


Table 3.— DEAF AND DUMB POPULATION FOR WHOM SPECIAL SCHEDULES WERE RETURNED, 
ACCORDING TO RACE, NATIVITY, AGE, AND SEX, FOR THE UNITED STATES AS A WHOLE: 


CLASSIFIED 

1910. 


DEAF AND DUMB POPULATION FOR WHOM SPECIAL SCHEDULES WERE RETURNED: 1910. 


SEX AND AGE GROUP. 


BOTH SEXES. 


All ages. 

Under 1 year. 

1 to 4 years. 

5 to 9 years. 

10 to 14 years. 

15 to 19 years. 

20 to 24 years. 

25 to 29 years. 

30 to 34 years... 

35 to 39 years. 

40 to 44 years.;. 

45 to 49 years. 

50 to 54 years. 

55 to 59 years. 

60 to 64 years.j>. 

65 to 69 years. 

70 to 74 years. 

75 to 79 years. 

80 to 84 years. 

85 years or over. 

Age not reported. 


MALE. 

All ages..*. 

Under 1 year. 

1 to 4 years.>.. 

5 to 9 years... 

10 to 14 years. 

15 to 19 years. 

20 to 24 years. 

25 to 29 years. 

30 to 34 years. 

35 to 39 years. 

40 to 44 years. 

45 to 49 years. 

50 to 54 years. 

55 to 59 years. 

60 to 64 years. 

65 to 69 years. 

70 to 74 years. 

75 to 79 years. 

80 to 84 years. 

85 years or over. 

Age not reported. 


FEMALE. 

All ages.... 

Under 1 year... 1. 

1 to 4 years. 

5 to 9 years. 

10 to 14 years. 

15 to 19 years.. 

20 to 24 years. 

25 to 29 years.... 

30 to 34 years. 

35 to 39 years. 

40 to 44 years.. 

45 to 49 years.. 

50 to 54 years. 

55 to 59 years..... 

60 to 64 years. 

65 to 69 years. 

70 to 74 years.. 

75 to 79 years.. 

80 to 84 years. 

85 years or over. 

Age not reported. 


All classes. 

White. 

Colored. 

Total. 

* 

Native. 

Foreign- 

born. 

Total. 

Negro. 

Other 

colored. 

19,154 

18,017 

16,179 

1,838 

1,137 

1,069 

68 

3 

3 

3 





300 

290 

286 

4 

10 

8 

2 

1,850 

1,766 

1,677 

89 

84 

78 

6 

2,569 

2,388 

2,246 

142 

181 

174 

7 

2,403 

2,232 

2,083 

149 

171 

166 

5 

2,062 

1,889 

1,782 

107 

173 

159 

14 

1,706 

1,596 

1,429 

167 

110 

103 

7 

1,347 

1,270 

1,103 

167 

77 

69 

8 

1,517 

1,435 

1,257 

178 

82 

78 

4 

1,344 

1,277 

1,082 

195 

67 

64 

3 

1,251 

1,203 

987 

216 

48 

46 

2 

899 

845 

733 

112 

54 

52 

2 

604 

584 

499 

85 

20 

18 

2 

475 

459 

380 

79 

16 

13 

3 

388 

375 

302 

73 

13 

11 

2 

207 

195 

162 

33 

12 

11 

1 

122 

115 

95 

20 

7 

7 


48 

45 

33 

12 

3 

3 


32 

29 

20 

9 

3 

3 


27 

21 

20 

1 

6 

6 


10,504 

9,885 

8,852 

1,033 

619 

584 

35 

2 

2 

2 





162 

157 

153 

4 

5 

5 


1,015 

969 

914 

55 

46 

44 

2 

1,403 

1,302 

1,214 

88 

101 

99 

2 

1,337 

1,246 

1,156 

90 

91 

88 

3 

1,193 

1,092 

1,034 

58 

101 

91 

10 

916 

859 

768 

91 

57 

53 

4 

695 

660 

573 

87 

35 

30 

5 

824 

778 

675 

103 

46 

46 


733 

700 

607 

93 

33 

31 

2 

684 

658 

540 

118 

26 

25 

1 

516 

476 

405 

71 

40 

38 

2 

342 

334 

281 

53 

8 

7 

1 

249 

243 

205 

38 

6 

5 

1 

211 

203 

161 

42 

8 

7 

1 

104 

98 

80 

18 

6 

5 

1 

63 

58 

47 

11 

5 

5 


21 

21 

14 

7 




17 

16 

11 

5 

1 

1 


17 

13 

12 

1 

4 

4 


8,650 

8,132 

7,327 

805 

518 

485 

33 

1 

1 

1 





138 

133 

133 


5 

3 

2 

835 

797 

763 

34 

38 

34 

4 

1,166 

1,086 

1,032 

54 

80 

75 

5 

1,066 

986 

927 

59 

80 

78 

2 

869 

797 

748 

49 

72 

68 

4 

790 

737 

661 

76 

53 

50 

3 

652 

610 

530 

80 

42 

39 

3 

693 

657 

582 

75 

36 

32 

4 

611 

577 

475 

102 

34 

33 

1 

567 

545 

447 

98 

22 

21 

1 

383 

369 

328 

41 

14 

14 


262 

250 

218 

32 

12 

11 

1 

226 

216 

175 

41 

10 

8 

2 

177 

172 

141 

31 

5 

4 

1 

103 

97 

82 

15 

6 

6 


59 

57 

48 

9 

2 

2 


27 

24 

19 

5 

3 

3 


15 

13 

9 

4 

2 

2 


10 

8 

8 


2 

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MARITAL CONDITION 


7 


Table 4.—MALE AND FEMALE DEAF AND DUMB POPULATION FOR WHOM SPECIAL SCHEDULES WERE RETURNED, 
CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO RACE, NATIVITY, AND MARITAL CONDITION, FOR THE UNITED STATES AS A WHOLE: 
1910. 


DEAF AND DUMB POPULATION FOR WHOM SPECIAL SCHEUDLES WERE RETURNED: 1910. 


RACE AND NATIVITY. 

Male. 

Female. 

Total. 

Under 

15 years 
of age. 

15 years of age or over. 1 

Total. 

Under 

15 years 
of*age. 

15 years of age or over. 1 

Total. 

Single. 

Mar¬ 

ried. 

Wid¬ 

owed. 

Di¬ 

vorced. 

Marital 
condi¬ 
tion 
not re¬ 
ported. 

Total. 

Single. 

Mar¬ 

ried. 

Wid¬ 

owed. 

Di¬ 

vorced. 

Marital 
condi¬ 
tion 
not re¬ 
ported. 

All classes. 

10,504 

2,582 

7,922 

5,387 

2,324 

162 

29 

20 

8,650 

2,140 

6,510 

3,808 

2,317 

351 

20 

14 

White. 

9,885 

2,430 

7,455 

4,991 

2,265 

151 

29 

19 

8,132 

2,017 

6,115 

3,509 

2,258 

320 

16 

12 

Native. 

8,852 

2,283 

6,569 

4,444 

1,958 

130 

24 

13 

7,327 

1,929 

5,398 

3,138 

1,973 

264 

14 

9 

Foreign bom. 

1,033 

147 

886 

547 

307 

21 

5 

6 

805 

88 

717 

371 

285 

56 

2 

3 

Colored. 

619 

152 

467 

396 

59 

11 


1 

518 

123 

395 

299 

59 

31 

4 

2 

Negro. 

584 

148 

436 

369 

56 

10 


1 

485 

112 

373 

286 

53 

28 

4 

2 

Other colored. 

35 

4 

31 

27 

3 

1 



33 

11 

22 

13 

6 

3 




i Includes the small number whose age was not reported. 


Table 5.—MALE AND FEMALE DEAF AND DUMB POPULATION 15 YEARS OF AGE OR OVER FOR WHOM SPECIAL 
SCHEDULES WERE RETURNED, CLASSIFIED ACCORDING TO AGE, FOR THE UNITED STATES AS A WHOLE: 1910. 1 


AGE GROUP. 

DEAF AND DUMB POPULATION 15 YEARS OF AGE OR OVER FOR WHOM SPECIAL 

SCHEDULES WERE RETURNED: 

1910. 1 

Male. 

Female. 

Total. 

Single. 

Married. 

. Wid¬ 
owed. 

Divorced. 

Marital 

condition 

not 

reported. 

Total. 

Single. 

Married. 

Wid¬ 

owed. 

Divorced. 

Marital 

condition 

not 

reported. 

15 years or over 1 . 

7,922 

5,387 

2,324 

162 

29 

20 

6,510 

3,808 

2,317 

351 

20 

14 


1 337 

1,335 

2 




1,066 

1,054 

12 




>0 to 24 years . 

1,193 

1,135 

52 


1 

5 

'869 

707 

154 

4 

2 

2 

!5 to 29 years. 

916 

730 

179 

4 

1 

2 

790 

443 

331 

12 

1 

3 

0 to 34 years . 

695 

423 

268 

2 

2 


652 

286 

352 

12 

1 

1 

15 to 39 years. 

824 

425 

383 

10 

4 

2 

693 

269 

407 

14 

2 

1 


733 

314 

390 

21 

7 

1 

611 

256 

314 

34 

7 


5 to 49 years. 

684 

294 

363 

22 

4 

1 

567 

216 

313 

36 

1 

1 

>0 to 54 years. 

516 

238 

263 

10 

2 

3 

383 

170 

167 

42 

3 

1 


342 

173 

148 

17 

4 


262 

117 

108 

35 

2 



249 

110 

123 

14 

1 

1 

226 

108 

76 

41 


1 


211 

94 

89 

26 

2 


177 

74 

52 

49 


2 


104 

54 

37 

13 



103 

51 

19 

32 


1 


63 

31 

18 

13 

1 


59 

29 

7 

23 




21 

12 

5 

4 



27 

14 

2 

10 

1 



17 

10 

2 

5 



15 

9 


6 




17 

9 

2 

1 


5 

10 

5 

3 

1 


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8 


THE CENSUS OF THE DEAF AND DUMB 



t 


Table 6.— DEAF AND DUMB POPULATION FOR WHOM SPECIAL SCHEDULES WERE RETURNED, CLASSIFIED 
ACCORDING TO SEX, AGE WHEN HEARING WAS LOST, AND AGE AT ENUMERATION, FOR THE UNITED STATES 
AS A WHOLE: 1910. 


DEAF AND DUMB POPULATION FOR WHOM SPECIAL SCHEDULES WERE RETURNED: 1910. 


-—-—-- 

Number whose deafness was— 


AGE GROUP AND SEX. 


All ages.... 

Male... 

Female 

Less than 5 years, 

Male. 

Female. 

5 to 9 years. 

Male. 

Female. 

10 to 14 years. 

Male. 

Female. 

15 to 19 years. 

Male. 

Female. 

23 to 24 years. 

Male. 

Female. 

25 to 44 years. 

Male. 

Female. 

45 to 64 years. 

Male. 

Female. 

65 years or over.. 

Male. 

Female. 

Age not reported. 

Male. 

Female. 


Acquired.! 


At age of— 


Total. 

Con¬ 

genital. 

Total. 

Less than 5 years. 

5 to 9 years. 

10 

years 

or 

over. 

At 

age 

not 

stated. 

Total. 

Less 
than 1 
year. 

1 year 
but less 
than 2. 

2 years 
but less 
than 3. 

3 years 
but less 

than 4. 

4 

years 

but 

less 

than 

5. 

In¬ 
fancy 
(exact 
age not 
re¬ 
ported). 

Total. 

5 

years 

but 

less 

than 

6. 

6 

years 

but 

less 

than 

7. 

7 

years 

but 

less 

than 

8. 

8 

years 

but 

less 

than 

9. 

9 

years 

but 

less 

than 

10. 

19.154 

7,541 

11,613 

9,253 

1,627 

2,375 

2,606 

1,574 

959 

112 

1,594 

714 

454 

319 

73 

34 

139 

627 

10,504 

4,029 

6,475 

5,159 

898 

1,325 

1,432 

870 

577 

57 

907 

391 

262 

194 

41 

19 

84 

325 

8,650 

3.512 

5,138 

4,094 

729 

1,050 

1,174 

704 

382 

55 

687 

323 

192 

125 

32 

15 

55 

302 

303 

188 

115 

106 

30 

49 

20 

4 


3 








9 

164 

97 

67 

63 

21 

29 

10 

2 


1 








4 

139 

91 

48 

43 

9 

20 

10 

2 


2 








5 

1,850 

881 

969 

841 

171 

256 

214 

124 

63 

13 

51 

29 

12 

10 




77 

1.015 

466 

549 

483 

89 

156 

117 

71 

40 

10 

32 

17 

7 

8 




34 

835 

415 

420 

358 

82 

100 

97 

53 

23 

3 

19 

12 

5 

2 




43 

2,569 

1,059 

1,510 

1,269 

262 

385 

325 

186 

88 

23 

141 

66 

45 

28 

2 


1 

99 

1,403 

539 

864 

723 

147 

226 

185 

102 

52 

11 

83 

40 

24 

18 

1 


1 

* 57 

1,166 

520 

646 

546 

115 

159 

140 

84 

36 

12 

58 

26 

21 

10 

1 



42 

2,403 

1.042 

1,361 

1,115 

239 

335 

287 

140 

99 

15 

162 

SI 

47 

31 

3 


6 

78 

1,337 

564 

773 

634 

128 

1S2 

175 

85 

61 

3 

94 

46 

28 

IS 

2 


4 

41 

1,066 

478 

588 

481 

111 

153 

112 

55 

38 

12 

68 

35 

19 

13 

1 


2 

37 

2.062 

855 

1,207 

1.022 

223 

279 

278 

148 

84 

10 

116 

59 

32 

16 

6 

3 

4 

C5 

1,193 

481 

712 

596 

124 

163 

160 

85 

59 

5 

69 

36 

18 

10 

4 

1 

3 

44 

869 

374 

495 

426 

99 

116 

118 

63 

25 

5 

47 

23 

14 

6 

2 

2 

1 

21 

5,914 

2,004 

3,910 

3,108 

490 

722 

939 

567 

371 

19 

606 

279 

172 

123 

22 

10 

39 

157 

3,168 

1,057 

2,111 

1,691 

270 

392 

503 

297 

217 

12 

322 

134 

105 

€5 

12 

6 

21 

77 

2,746 

947 

1,799 

1,417 

220 

330 

436 

270 

154 

7 

284 

145 

67 

58 

10 

4 

18 

80 

3,229 

1,166 

2,063 

1,485 

184 

294 

448 

338 

197 

24 

427 

169 

123 

88 

30 

17 

60 

91 

1,791 

639 

1,152 

815 

106 

149 

238 

197 

112 

13 

256 

100 

68 

63 

16 

9 

38 

43 

1,438 

527 

911 

670 

78 

145 

210 

141 

85 

11 

171 

69 

55 

25 

14 

8 

22 

48 

797 

335 

462 

298 

27 

53 

90 

66 

57 

5 

90 

31 

23 

23 

9 

4 

28 

46 

416 

179 

237 

149 

13 

27 

40 

31 

36 

2 

51 

18 

12 

12 

6 

. 3 

17 

20 

381 

156 

225 

149 

14 

26 

50 

35 

21 

3 

39 

13 

11 

11 

3 

1 

11 

26 

27 

11 

16 

9 

1 

2 

5 

1 



1 




1 


1 

' 5 

17 

7 

10 

5 


1 

4 











5 

10 

4 

6 

4 

1 

1 

1 

1 



1 




1 


1 




















i Includes those for whom the age when hearing was lost was not reported. 


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